A SELFIE taken by tragic teen Arthur Cave shows him happy and relaxed just yards away from a cliff where he fell to his death hours later.

The 15-year old son of Australian rock legend Nick Cave died yesterday evening after falling 60 feet off a chalk cliff at the Ovingdean Gap, near Brighton.

The last photo of Arthur, a selfie uploaded on his snapchat, reveals that he was by Ovingdean windmill in East Sussex at around 3.40pm - just hours before his death.

In the screenshot of the video, he is wearing a hat and seen smiling with the windmill in the background.

Kimya Hajisaeagh, a friend of Arthur's, said that he was up by Ovingdean cliff with a friend at some point before his death.

She said the friend lives nearby and that's why they would have been there, adding "they were just messing about" and that she "doesn't know the details."

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Arthur Cave

Kimya, 15, from Roedean in East Sussex, said: "It's just surreal, whatever has happened. "I think he was with his friend at some point that day, but I don't know whether he was with them at the time he fell.

"They were just messing around and hanging out up there, I don't know the full details. "I messaged him at 4.10(pm) and he was probably still around there then. I was saying to him 'you're near my house.'" She had planned to see Arthur tonight at a party and was planning to spend the next few days hanging out with him.

She added: "I'm shocked that he's gone, it's devastating. He was such a lovely guy, he had lovely bright blue eyes and he was genuinely nice."

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Earl Cave's tribute to his brother, Arthur

You were the best brother I could ever ask for

Earl Cave

Arthur's twin brother Earl left a heartbreaking note at the scene attached to a bouquet of flowers, saying he was the 'best brother' he could ask for.

He wrote: "Forever in our thoughts Arthur.

"I love you so much. You were a joy to be around and I will never forget you.

"You were the best brother I could ever ask for. Earl xxxxxxxxxxxxx"

In a statement, his father, 57, and mother, Susie, said: "Our son Arthur died on Tuesday evening. He was our beautiful, happy loving boy.

"We ask that we be given the privacy our family needs to grieve at this difficult time."

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Arthur Cave's father, Nick

Until October last year, the teen was a student at Lancing College, an independent boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 13 to 18 in Brighton.

Dominic Oliver, Headmaster of Lancing College, said the school were 'deeply saddened' by the news of his death.

He said: "Arthur was a pupil at Lancing until October of last year. "We are all deeply saddened to learn of his death and our sympathies and thoughts are with his family at this difficult time."